@rja
I can heartily recommend the Marantz SA8005. Always musical as long as the disc you feed it is as well. No upper midrange emphasis so characteristic of many machines in this price range. I admit to preordering mine from Marantz before its USA release based on reading tons of reviews about Marantz gear, especially its predecessor the SA8004. It is currently priced right at your limit of $1200. Don’t know if there would be many used units out there. If you like a bright treble, upper midrange prominent machine then its likely not for you. This thread on Audiogon might be helpful to you.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/looking-for-sacd-player
Good luck!
I can heartily recommend the Marantz SA8005. Always musical as long as the disc you feed it is as well. No upper midrange emphasis so characteristic of many machines in this price range. I admit to preordering mine from Marantz before its USA release based on reading tons of reviews about Marantz gear, especially its predecessor the SA8004. It is currently priced right at your limit of $1200. Don’t know if there would be many used units out there. If you like a bright treble, upper midrange prominent machine then its likely not for you. This thread on Audiogon might be helpful to you.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/looking-for-sacd-player
Good luck!